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If you have not filled out the paperwork for your IDs, then you won't have to make a change at all. HOWEVER, the IRS may give you trouble at tax time if you're filing jointly and still using your maiden name.

You can't change your middle name on your marriage license. You can USE your marriage license to change your last name, but that's it. As far as changing back, I'm not sure. If you've already gotten your new ID and Social Security card, it might be something you have to do with a legal name change through the court.

Of course you can change your name. It's a very simple procedure, there is a small fee for it-- there are papers to sign at your local court house most likely, the Clerk and Recorder. You should be able to find more info by looking it up online; start with your county's name. There also I believe is a small fee because it has to be announced in the local newspaper for a few days, that's how it was in our state anyway. My spouse changed his middle name, my father changed his legal name, and I never took my husband's last name (kept my own maiden name... after all, it is my name!) and there's nothing wrong with that. Then yes, you will have to go through a relatively simple procedure to change your military IDs. If it's all on the up and up, just make a few calls and see what it takes.